What about the Workers?: The Conservative Party and the Organised Working Class in British Politics

by Andrew Taylor

Book Overview

The relationship between the Conservative Party and the organised working class is fundamental to the making of modern British politics. Industrialisation and urbanisation saw the emergence of democracy and class politics, symbolised, by the development of trade unions, which assumed growing political significance. The organised working class, though always a minority, was perceived by Conservatives as a challenge; condemned as threatening property,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526103605
• ISBN13: 9781526103604
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"